12-31-21 Sitting in my living room, looking at the snow, I have the feeling I am living in the center of a snow globe. One of the many reasons I love calling Tahoe home. The snow helps awaken my inner child. And even now, when I’m too tired from the recent endless shoveling to go out and play at the activities that bring me such pleasure, the memory of them alive in my heart and mind fill me with a warm glow. My wish is that you have your own cherished memories and present-day activities that nurture you and fill your heart and mind when things seem difficult.

Some cherished memories from 2021:

---heart-opening Joy activities of winter: sledding, cross-country skiing, and building snow people; in spring/summer: hundreds of miles of hiking, on both old favorite trails and new discoveries, baptizing myself in Tahoe’s freezing cold lakes and rivers, communing with my dearest flower friends; autumn: watching aspen leaves quake in the wind or twirl down to the ground after I’ve tossed them into the air

---deepening my connection to the Warrior tribe - ya’all know who you are - and I am so grateful for each and every one of you, shining your light so brightly!

--- making so many new friends during my HeartMath training and discovering it’s easy to go deep, be vulnerable and find compassion when people are willing to reside in and connect from their heart  

---Brenna, our 11-year-old Lab, making a “comeback” twice since our August fire evacuation, and now she’s frolicking like a pup through the many high feet of snow we have

---spending so much time with my beloved Stew and growing our intimacy. Having Ari, my other beloved, joining us so often for long stays through the year

 Happy New Year to all. Whatever 2022 brings, it’s for certain we’ll have a better year if we love and appreciate ourselves more, accept ourselves more, no matter what. May we savor every moment, celebrating ourselves and our human journey, holding our joys and our sorrows as precious…nurturing ourselves in gentleness and strength…being willing to know ourselves unreservedly and unashamedly as our own Beloved…learning how to give ourselves away, bigger, better, in a way that honors and respects all - including ourselves, especially ourselves.

Today is a good day...and I make it so!